Author's Note - Sorry for taking so long to update, but I hope this chapter lives up to expectations! And as always, I do not own Twilight!

Chapter 20

BPOV

Everyone froze when the heard the knocking and all their expressions slid into a mixture of anger, and worry.

Edward stood up and though his fists were clenched and his face was tight when he spoke his voice was reasonably gentle.

"Bella, stay here. Just for a bit, please just stay here."

I nodded, what was going on? Who was it? Why did Edward look so worried?

Most of the family left the room and went to answer the door leaving Jasper with me. I could feel waves of calm washing over me and wondered why Jasper thought I needed them.

I didn't need vampire hearing to hear what happened next.

"WHERE IS SHE?"

I froze, I could recognise that voice anywhere – Charlie.

I stood up needing to see him, needing to know why he was here. Why he had to have come back to ruin my life.

"Bella…" Jasper started speaking; worry lacing his voice before I cut him off.

"I… I need to, don't worry" I spoke softly but firmly.

I stepped around the corner, afraid of what I would see. Standing in the doorway was the man who had made my life a living hell ever since my mother died. He looked tired and dishevelled. But there was no mistaking the smell coming off him. He was drunk, very drunk.

"Ch-Charlie…"

Everyone's heads spun round to look at me. Edward came over to my side, rubbing soothing circles on my back. Trying to push me back, gently in to the living room.

"Bella, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean… I didn't mean to…" he started to break down. "I'm sorry; I promise I will never hurt you again."

I spoke before Edward could interrupt me "Charlie I-I can't. So many times before you have promised the same thing, how can I trust y-"

I didn't get any further before he reached forward and grasped my hands. "Bella forgive me"

Edward stiffened beside me, and when Carlisle spoke his normally calm voice was laced with anger.

"Charlie, I think you should leave now."

"No she is my daughter. She is mine and she will come with me"

He was getting angry, I had seen this so many times. My heart started beating faster and I tried to pull away, but his grip tightened, and I could feel my eyes welling up. He was squeezing right were one of my cuts were just healing.

A Growl was starting and I could tell it was from Edward "Charlie, let go of her now, I swear if you don't I wi-"

Charlie suddenly and with no warning pulled out his gun, and tugged me forward, jabbing the gun at my head. With one hand and with the other grabbing hold of my hair and making me gasp from the pain.

"SHE WILL COME WITH ME"

I tried to be as still as possible. My heart was beating faster than ever and I knew tears were now falling steadily from my eyes. Edwards's eyes were now as black as coal.

"Don't think of doing anything sonny boy. If you do I will put a bullet in this slut." He jammed the gun harder in to my head.

My tears were blurring my vision, but I could see that everyone had frozen.

"Now Bella, you are going to come with me…"

He started walking backwards out of the door, pulling me by the hair making me wince in pain. I stumbled as he led me down the stairs causing him to hit me in the ribs and jam the gun even harder into my head.

I doubled over from the pain. I could see Edward and his family slowly following us down, and I could see the desperate expression on Edwards face.

"Don't worry… I-I will b-be fine" I couldn't speak loudly from the pain but I knew they would hear.

"Shut up you little bitch and get in the car" Charlie whispered menacingly in my ear as he opened the car door and shoved me roughly inside before storming round to the over side.

"Edward, I-I love you" I whispered as Charlie started driving away, the gun still in his lap.

EPOV

I felt like breaking down into sobs, but I knew I couldn't. I had to stay strong, for Bella.

I watched the car start and pull away from the drive and start to speed of down the road. That was when I heard the best four words of my life if they had been in a different circumstance.

"Edward, I-I love you" her voice was so broken; she sounded like she had given up hope.

That was it I needed to go, go now, to save her from that bastard.

I immediately felt two pairs of arms grip my shoulders. "Edward, this is not helping save Bella," Carlisle spoke loudly and the anger lacing his voice was now evident "we need to come up with a plan, and quickly."

I stopped struggling and listened to what he was saying.

"We need to be careful whatever we do, he still has the gun and with one wrong move he could shoot Bella."

I glanced around at my family, listening to their thoughts.

Esme was standing in the corner sobs wracking her body oh poor baby, poor baby.

Let's go, I wanna smash his head in. I wanna fight that bastard. Emmet as usual wanted to fight, that was his solution.

Jasper was concentrating on trying to calm everyone and Rosalie was thinking basically the same as Emmet.

Alice however was feeling guilty oh Edward, I'm so sorry I didn't see it happening. At first he just wanted to talk… his mood and decision changed so quickly. I'm so sorry.

"It's not your fault Alice; you couldn't have seen this coming. But I should have, it's my fault, I should have been more careful…" I paused, trying not to break down. "But we will get her back, now what is the plan."

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